Network Strategies for Regional Growth

by Johanson, Martin; Lundberg, Helene

• ISBN13: 9780230273306
• ISBN10: 0230273300
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In many regions the current focus of the state is to initiate and stimulate the emergence of inter-firm networks in order to produce growth. This book takes a management perspective on the operations and processes in these networks and describes and analyzes how and why geographical proximity influences inter-firm networks.

Author Biography

Martin Johanson is Professor in Business Administration at the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden. Prior to his academic career he worked for many years as a diplomat and business consultant. He is now a member of the consultancy company, IM-Gruppen. His primary research interests concern transformation of turbulent economics, firm entry into emerging markets and regional growth strategies. Helne Lundberg is a senior lecturer at Mid Sweden University. She received her PhD from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Her main research interests include markets-as-networks, business-to-business relationships, engineered network initiatives, entrepreneurship and regional development.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Network Strategies for Regional Growth	p. 1
A New Role for Government in Regional Development	p. 22
Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad	p. 40
Interaction, the Innovative Milieu and Porterian Clusters: A Survey-Based Regional Assessment Illustrated with an Example of a Medical Technology Region in an Early Cluster Life-Cycle Stage	p. 57
Outcomes in Small-Firm Networks: A Quantitative Study in the Southern Brazilian Context	p. 79
Email as a Communication Strategy in a Regional Strategic Network	p. 100
Cluster Membership, Knowledge and SMEs' Internationalization	p. 126
The Trä 50 Group: A Supplier Network to IKEA	p. 151
Marketing Cooperation and Public Policy in Italian Networks of Fashion Firms	p. 163
Strategy Selection in Business-Angel Networks: Venture-capital strategy and Entrepreneurial Business-Angel Strategy	p. 185
Increased Internationalization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through Joint Export Networks	p. 207
Challenges, Complexities and Advantages of Regional Strategic Networks	p. 229
Index	p. 239
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